Census 2021

What is the census?

The census is taken every 10 years and gives us a detailed snapshot of all the people and households in our borough. It’s the most comprehensive source of information available to us, as all resident’s must complete on a single day.

Census day was on the 21 March 2021 with data being released by the Office of National Statistics in phases from July 2022 onwards. You can find a copy of the 2021 Census questionnaire on the Office for National Statistics website.

The census is crucial for us to understand our resident’s characteristics and is used to inform policy and spending decisions, identify community needs and shape local priorities.

For the first time, the census asked questions about, sexual orientation, gender identity and UK armed forces service.

What data has been released?

The first results from the census were published on 28 June 2022. These were rounded figures with a population count for the borough split by sex and five year age band. Also included were the number of households and the census response rates by age and sex.

The detailed results on the characteristics of the population including data for small areas have been published on the following topics, demography and migration, UK armed forces veterans, ethnic group, national identity, language and religion, labour market and travel to work, housing, sexual orientation and gender identity, education, health, disability, and unpaid care. 

Census 2021 Dashboard

We have created a Power BI dashboard to visualise a range of topics published in the census which include ethnicity, religion, housing and language.

If you would like to view the dashboard in full screen please use the double arrow button at the bottom right of the dashboard. We plan to publish further information on multi-topic data in the future.

Data Source

All the data used in this dashboard is available from the Office for National Statistics. You can use the custom dataset tool to build your own spreadsheet.